nTRECTORY.] . NEW Bl"CKENH.AM. 73

BRUNDAIJ•• Read Horace P. farmer Meire Waiter H. Verne house PRIVATE RESIDENTS. Read Isaac W. market gardener Prior Lieut.-Col. Bernard Hy. Leathes Bennett Henry William, Avoca. Whitmore Cecil Chas. market gardnr Roberson Miss, Bradeston villa Coleman William, Riverscourt Searls Clifton Meggitt, Highfield Easter Fred, Field hons& BRADESTON. Slipper Thomas J.P. Braydeston hall Ffiske Henry, Holm close PRIVATE RESIDENTS. Theobald Harold Long Robert, The Lodge Burrell George Elden, The Shrubbery Wallace Thomas, Glenview Maddison Mrs. Belle vue Carder Miss Waters Frank Marshal! Mrs. Inglebank Culley Fred S. J esmond Whitbread Wm. Josselyn, Bradestn.vil Mitchell Bertrand John, Riverdale Cullyer Frederick John Palmer William Loyal, Oaklands Daynes Gilbert William, River view COMMERCIAL. Budd Frederick, Old Rectory house Daynes John Wm. Crook, River view Baxter Emily (Mrs.), shopkeeper Taylor Mrs. Frederick, The Maples Dyer Thomas Birch M.D. Darenth Dingle .Arthur Samuel, White Horse Tuck Arthur, The Nook Ewing Robert, Bonair hotel; accommodation for boarders; Walker A. Ern est, Kenmare Fitch Mrs. Bradeston house luncheons, dinners, teas &c. ; good Wheeler Rev. Robert Charles M.A. Fuller Samuel, Bradeston cottage stabling. T N z5 Brundall Enfield house Hill Charles Bexfield, Hillside Gowing Robert, blacksmith COMMERCIAL. Hotblack Geo. Snelling, Shiels Court Key Zackary, farmer Broom Charles John, boat builder Hutcherson Sidney Alfred, The Long John, butcher Brundall & District Golf Club (C. E. Thatched house McKelvie Robert M.D., L.R.C.S.Edin. Mason, sec) Large John, The Homestead physician & surgeon Chaston Richard Jamee, Ram inn :\fcKelvie Robert M.D Merrison Hettie (Mrs.), shopkeeper. Merrison Arthur John, Yare hotel Mann Mrs. Clovelly Post office Moy Thomas Limited, coal merchants Marshall George Fredk. Illawarra Smith Ernest Edward, cycle agent (Edward Arthur Futter, agent) Mason Philip Henry, Uplands West William, carpenter is a parish and village, with a sta­ common is let for about £8 a year, which sum is distri­ tion on the , Yarmouth and Lowestoft sections butf>d among the cottagers. The knightly family of of the Great Eastern railway, 8 miles east from Norwich, Godsalve were lords of the manor till after the reign of 13 west from Yarmouth and 122! from London, in the Henry VIII. and their arms may still be seen on the Eastern division of the county, in the Blofield and Wals­ carved wainscot nf the old Hall, which is now a farm­ ham petty sessional division, Blofield hundred and union, house. Sir Reginald William Proctor Beauchamp hart. Norwich county court district, rural deanery of Blofield, of Langley Hall, Norwich, is lord of the manor and sole archdeaconry of Norwich and diocese of Norwich. There landowner. The soil is mixed; subsoil, gravel. The­ is a ferry from this place over the river Yare to chief crops are wheat, barley and oats; the marshes ar& Carleton St. Peter. The church of St. Nicholas is an used for grazing, and constitute about one-half th& ancient structure of flint with stone dressings, in the parish. The area is 918 acres of land, 10 of water and Norman style, consisting of chancel and nave, and an 14 of tidal water; rateable value, £1,514; the popula­ octagonal embattled western tower containing one bell: tion in 19II was 77· the font exhibits various emblematical figures: the east Parish Clerk, William Patterson. window is stained: the church was extensively repaired at different periods at the expense of the Rev. Thomas Wall Letter Box at Railway station cleared at 1.25 W. H. Beauchamp, rector here 1827-63: there are 126 {July to Oct. r.zo) & 3-Z5 & 9·45 p.m. & on snnday& sittings. The register dates from the year 1780. The at 7.40 a.m. Letters through Norwich arrive at 8.30 living is a rectory, with that of Hassingham St. Mary a. m. & 3.30 p. m. The nearest money order & tel&­ annexed, joint net yearly value £170, including 27 ~res graph office is at Brundall, 2i miles distant of glebe here and 7 at Hassingham, with residence, in Public Elementary School (mixed), erected in 1873, f()l" the gift of Sir Reginald William Proctor Beauchamp 54 children; average attendance, 30; Miss Mary Ann hart. and held since 1871 by the Rev. George Elwin Stanley, mistress B..!.. of Corpus Christi College, Oxford. Buckenham Railway Station, Ernest Wm. Marshall, station master Elwin Rev. George B.A. (rector), Rectory Wright Edward, farmer, horse breeder & overseer,. Church Charles, farmer, Old hall I White House farm NEW BUCKENHAM is a parish and small town, 8 William Barber, and rebuilt in 1861 at the expense of miles north-west from Diss, 15 south-west from Norwich the late Messrs. H. and J. J. Turner. They are occu­ and 4~ south-east from Attleborough station on the That­ pied by four old women. There is a parish hvuse in two ford and Norwich section of the Great Eastern railway, in occupations, and also a Parish Room, built by the Rev. the !VI.id division of the county, Guiltcross and Shropham F. R. Cocks M . .A.. vicar r8q6-IC)Io. In the Market petty sessional division, Shropham hundred, Wayland place stands a cross, adDrned with interesting carving& union, county court district of Attleborough, rural deanery of shields of arms. The Grange is the residence of of Rockland (North division), archdeaconry of Norfolk Frank Henry Loveless Cloud esq. Arthur Tallent and diocese of Norwich. The town consists of several Clowes esq. is lord of the manors vf Buckenham Burgh small but compactly arranged streets, and is on the road and Buckenham Leet : the manor of Buckenham Priory from Norwich to Bury St. Edmunds in Suffolk. The was granted bv John Eldred in the years 1617 and church of St. Martin is a noble structure of flint with r6z7 to trustees upon trust to pay the income to the stone dressings, in the Late Perpendicular style, con­ minister of the p~rish for the time being, and the sisting of chancel, clerestoried nave of five bays, aisles, lords of that manor are the present trustees. Reginald south porch and an embattled western tower with four Clowes esq. is steward of the manor. Miss E. iM. pinnacles, containing a clock and 6 bells : the nave was Godfrey is the principal landowner. The soil is mixell restored at the expense of the late John Gall esq. and and very fertile; subsoil, clay. The chief crops are the church reseated with open benches in 1879 and in wheat, barlev and roots. The area is 360 acres, of 1895 the chancel was restored, a stained east window which q8 are common; rateable value, £1,171; the­ erected a.t a cost of £2oo, as a memorial to John Gall esq. population in 1gu was 487. and another to H. F. Howard esq. of New Buckenham: a reredos was erected in 1909 : there are 4z8 sittings. Parish Clerk, James Robins The register dates from the year 1538. The living is a Post, M. 0. & T. Office.-Charles Percy Camm, sub­ l"icarage, net yearly value £zoo, with residence, in the postmaster. Letters received from .A.ttleborough att gift of the parishioners, and held since rgro by the 7· I.') a. m. & z.3o p.m. & dispatched at 9·35 a. m. & 7·5 \ Rev. .Arthur Harold Bolderston, of St. Aidan's. The p.m.; sunday, 7·5 p.m Wesleyan Methodist chapel was rebuilt in L884 and a Fire Station, Capt. R. Clowtl'! ' · · school room added, and there is also a Primitive Metho­ dist chapel. The burial ground of half an acre, pro­ Public Elementary School, built in 1849 as a National vided and laid out in 18gi at a cost of £zoo, is now School by the R.Pv. F. S. Bevan M . .A.. late rector of under the control of the Parish Council. Fairs were Carlton Bode; enlarged in 1912; average attendanc~ held the last Thursday in May and November zznd for 120; Herbert Kenworthy, Il''lster cattle, but for business purposes are now practically Carriers to Norwich. John Olley, wed. & sat. k Bar­ extinct. Here are almshouses, founded about 1681 by nard, tues. & fri PRIVATE RESIDENTS. Olowes Reginald Arnold Fred, shopkeeper Bolderst•Jn Rev. Arthur Harold(vicar), Godfrey Miss, The Rookery Baxter Frederick, saddler Vicarage Howard Wilfred, St. Mary'a Brown Albert William, jobmaster &; Cloud Frank Hy. Loveless, TheGrangP COMMERCIAL. assistant overseer C:owea Arthur Tallent Aldis Charles, carpenter